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The abortive revolt saw Wagner troops capture a military headquarters in southern Russia and march hundreds of miles towards Moscow, seemingly unimpeded. Mr Lukashenko has previously allowed the Kremlin to use Belarusian territory to send troops and weapons into Ukraine. Mr Demchenko told Ukrainska Pravda on Saturday that as of this week, some 2,000 troops from regular Russian army units remained stationed in Belarus. He also declared that he was “sure” Belarus would not have to use the nuclear weapons deployed to its territory, and would not get directly involved in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Mr Lukashenko said: “The longer we live, the more we are convinced that (nuclear weapons) should be with us, in Belarus, in a safe place.